Open AccessAssociations between obesity, metabolic health, and the risk of breast cancer in East Asian women
Author(s) -
Boyoung Park,
Soyeoun Kim,
Hayoung Kim,
Chihwan Cha,
Min Sung Chung
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
british journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.833
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1532-1827
pISSN - 0007-0920
DOI - 10.1038/s41416-021-01540-5
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , obesity , waist , body mass index , metabolic syndrome , cancer , endocrinology , oncology
This study examined the associations between metabolic syndrome(MetS), obesity, their combination as a metabolic obesity phenotype, and the risk of breast cancer in East Asian postmenopausal women.